Statues - Hither & Thither

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(Victoria Art Gallery)

Queen Victoria

London 1819 - Osborne House 1901
Queen of Great-Britain, 1837-1901
(Wikipedia)

Andrea Lucchesi
1901

Description

Marble statue of Queen Victoria in a niche in the faëade of the Victoria Art Gallery. The statue is a gift of the women of Bath. The gallery opened in May 1900, the statue was then not ready and was expected in June, it was finished in November and the plan was to have it unveiled by Lord Roberts. That took however too long and they unveiled it without ceremony on 16 April 1901.

Inscription(s)

H I M
VICTORIA
erected in loyalty and love
by the women of bath 1902

Sculptor

Andrea Carlo Lucchesi (London 1860-1924), Anglo-Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Historic England, Database.
Wikipedia, Victoria Art Gallery.
Cotswolds Info, Bath Sculptures.
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Thursday 31 May 1900 (British Newspaper Archive).
Clifton Society, Thursday 15 November 1900 (idem).
Globe, Wednesday 17 April 1901 (idem).

Locatie (N 51°22'57" - W 2°21'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbsw079; Photograph: 22 March 2019
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